• Melody •

• Starbucks •

The winds was picking up a bit more heavily than before.

Just an hour ago the sun was up and it was so beautiful outside, and now the clouds was consuming anything in its path.

With only a dress on I was hoping that we wasn't expecting to get any rain.

I definitely wasn't dressed for that kind of weather.

I waited patiently in the coffee line before the scent of my brother favorite cologne enter the store.

Turing on my heels at the sound of my name getting called faintly in the distance i smiled.

It was him.

" coop" I said before getting out of line and walking towards his way.

" damn Mel you done starting to lose weight on me I see" he took noticed.

We embrace each other into a hug then letting one another go.

I playfully tug at my baggy clothing while trying not to look so down.

" I'm glad you took noticed I'm on a diet plan" I lied.

He smirk before a chuckled came.

" yeah diet plan my ass, you need to stop it now" he joked

I had to do it.

I had to just laugh to keep from crying on the inside.

My soul was screaming so loud at him that Im sick!, Im sick! But my mouth was too stubborn to come out and tell him.

This is what the whole wanting to meet up with my brother today was for.

I was ready to finally tell him about my illness and what better way to do that than over a nice iced coffee and some fresh bakery items.

" so is this a talk on the go or do we have time to sit and catch up?" He asked me as we was now next in Line to order.

" we have more than enough time to sit and catch up, beside I like to know how you been and the success with your gym"

A couple minutes later after waiting for our drinks and now receiving them, we both walked over to an empty booth.

Taking a sit I allowed us to get a couple of sips in of our delicious drink and a bite out of our food.

Other conversations started to form around us before I clear my throat as I was not prepared to start one of my own.

Cooper looked over my way as he bit down into his birthday cake pop.

" so how's your music be treating you and the life of being a top well known artist?"

Good copper was starting off the conversation.

I felt a little at ease now that I didn't have to rush slammed into it.

" it's been amazing. My accounts have over 100 million followers, concerts have been max out,I was given many opportunities to collaborate with different, and amazing artists along way. I've been just very blessed to have it all after started so small in our home studio not even knowing If this was what I truly wanted to do"

He nodded his head with a grin.

" I'm proud of you little sis, so you know I got to ask?"

Not sure where this was going I quickly shoved my hands inside my lap as I could feel the urge of them wanting to shake.

Good thing cooper didn't catch that moment.

" ask me what?" I said back

He sat up Before placing his chin inside the palm of his hand.

" dating life?, as we both know Shang was a complete asshole and won't worth any of your time and let's just say Giveon the guy that I thought was good for you was just a bump in the road"

I gave a little laugh as my brother had no clue that I was back dating that asshole.

In fact I moved in with him.

I knew I could just lie to him with a snap of the finger but this isn't what we was here for.

Building up my nerves I was ready to just get to the point.

I was so scared now, but here goes nothing.

" truth is cooper my dating life was a complete wreck, but I have something to tell you"

He put his cup down as he was now Interested in what I was about to say.

" Im listening"

" me and Shang decided to make up and give our relationship another chance"

I scrunch up my face as I wasn't sure what was going to happen next.

I waiting a bit for my brother to say something, anything but he remain puzzled.

" I'm sorry did you just say that you and Shang are a thing again?"

I nodded my head.

" that explains it" he said

I frown " explain what?"

" why you been so distant from me haven't been talking about your life like you use too, hell you use to FaceTime your dinner and breakfast but I was always trying to figure out why you went missing for the past two months"

Little did my brother know that I was hiding another more deeper secret than just dating Shang again.

This whole time he thought it was because of my relationship but it wasn't and he was about to find out now.

" coop, it's not just that, I've also been hiding a terrible situation from you. I couldn't find a way to tell you this but I think I'm ready"

He sat up in his chair with a concern look instead of that happy smile that he was just showing a minute ago.

" alright mel you starting to worry me now, if you getting back with Shang wasn't enough already I'm curious as to what you are about to tell me now" he chuckled.

Taking in a deep breath, I pulled my hands from under the table and place them into his.

He looked down then back at me.

" Mel?"

A tear push it's way through my watery blue eyes before more came rushing after.

" oh my god,what's going on?" He said with concern and upset

" coop im sick, and not the type of sick where you get over in a couple days but sick to where I was giving up to only six months to live"

He froze up as his mouth was dropped low enough to reach the cold wooden floors.

" stop playing melody come now what's really going on because I know your not going anywhere" he said.

Cooper always was trying to make every situation a positive and he wasn't believing anything that i was telling him.

" cooper this is not a game. I am dying and I've already went through two months of this, that's the reason for my weight loss, my hands shakes like crazy, my coughs are crucial and sometimes blood clots comes with it, i only have four more months before I'm no longer with you and I wasn't ready to tell you this but because how my body been progressing I didn't know when the right time would have been"

" wait, wait, so your telling me that you are dying and within those two months of knowing this information you decided to keep it a secret from me as if this wouldn't have hurt me even more knowing that you had to deal with it on your own"

He had every right to be getting upset with me.

I don't blame him, but I knew he out of all people wouldn't have taken this conversation to well.

" you barely took this news well when mama passed and turns out I have the exact same diagnosis that she was dealing with and I didn't know how to explain this to you"

" that's bullshit Mel, does autumn know?"

I sadly nodded my head yes.

" she was the first"

He angrily slammed his hand on the table causing me to jump and out drinks to fly off, hitting the floor now spilled Into a mess.

"Are you fucking with me right now mel?, how the hell you had the courage to tell autumn before even telling me? I'm your own flesh and blood and I get the end of the stick"

His yelling at me caused the people in the store to look our direction.

Some of them didn't really now whether to Intervene or not.

" coop"

" I don't want to hear anything else you have to fucking say to me melody your dead wrong for picking me last to tell this news to when I should have been first. I could have help you with the things that you needed instead you tell others and I'm sure you told Shang no good having ass didn't you?" He said disappointed.

Once again I sadly nodded my head yes.

He was so upset and mad that the table was now getting turn over and I raised to my feet In fear and tears.

My brother was going off on me and destroying this store in the process.

" sir, sir we are going to have to ask you to please leave" one of the workers announced as he came running around the corner.

" fucking bullshit melody and you know this" he ranted

" cooper how was I suppose to tell you something like this it's bad enough that I haven't come to terms with me about to be gone in a couple more months"

" I DONT CARE!!! Melody you still should have told me and we could have went through it together"

I tried to walk towards him but he raised his hands for me to stop.

So i did.

" don't come any closer to me melody, your fucking wrong for this shit. Here I lost my mother a couple months ago just to turn around and about to be losing the one person in my life that was the closet thing left to begin a family. All these long years of protecting you from our fucked up family and this fucked up world, and a man that did you wrong this is how you repay me? With a coffee over some news like that I'm out of here"

Not even attempting to chase after my brother I just stood in the middle of the ruin floors balling my eyes out.

I didn't need to use all my energy for I was starting to get dizzy.

With so much going on in the Morning with Shang and his concert tomorrow I gather my belongings and headed out the door.

Good thing He canceled his concert for tonight because I was definitely going to need all of his support.

I didn't want to bother autumn at the moment because I know cooper was going to fill her in on what just went down and also fuss her out for knowing all along and not telling him about it.

I got into the vehicle still water eyes as I put the car in drive and was off to go back home.